While the US still tries to sort out how Russian cyberattacks played an influence on the recent presidential election, the British Parliament is currently experiencing its own attack from hackers this weekend. News reports say the country’s lawmakers have been left unable to use or access their email as a result of a “sustained and […]
Considering the escalating tension between the U.S. and North Korea, the Pentagon is moving to create an alternative communications network in the event of a cyberattack on U.S. power grids. According to Defense Systems, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and BAE Systems are helming this project. The project, based on a statement from the […]
Twitter Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider came under sustained cyber attack. The internet service company Dyn, which routes and manages internet traffic, said that it had suffered a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on its domain name service shortly […]
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images It’s not a cyberattack — it’s just a lot of doctors. The NHS’ 1.2 million employees provide some of the best healthcare on Earth — but if you’re a big tech provider, that many people can be awfully confusing. The Register reports that on Wednesday, Google mistook the NHS’ network for a […]
Many mainstream, major internet sites, along with thousands of smaller ones, were down early Friday morning following a cyberattack on a massive Domain Name System (DNS) host. Twitter, Spotify, SoundCloud, Reddit, PayPal and numerous other sites reported being down this morning. Twitter especially seems to have ongoing issues and won’t load for many. Walgreens and countless […]
A pro-ISIS hacking group has threatened a massive cyber attack on governments and armies around the world starting with ‘the cursed Unites States’ tomorrow. Electronic Ghosts of the Caliphate declared in an ominous video to its enemies: ‘We are the hackers of ISIS. We will face you in a massive cyber war.’ The video features […]
A cyberattack that took down large swaths of the internet around the world on Friday was carried out, in part, by unsuspecting devices connected to the internet. Security firm Flashpoint said it believes that digital video recorders and webcams in people’s homes were taken over by malware and then, without owners’ knowledge, used to help […]
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All 200 NHS trusts assessed for cyber security vulnerabilities have failed to meet the standard required, MPs have heard. In a hearing on the WannaCry attack which crippled parts of the health service last year, NHS Digital deputy chief executive Rob Shaw said the results of the assessments do not mean the trusts had failed […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – A cyber security forum at Wichita State University brought everyone from students to small business owners to the Kansas National Guard all to figure out how to make keep hackers from getting your data or money. Equifax, Yahoo; data breaches are almost a daily occurrence nowadays, and a cyber security forum […]